Works ongoing to complete three lower Eyre Peninsula overtaking lanes Tuesday, 17 January 2023 The Department for Infrastructure and Transport advises that works will continue over the coming months to complete three new overtaking lanes on the lower Eyre Peninsula. The overtaking lanes, which form part of the Australian and...
Port Wakefield Community Celebration
Please join us for a community celebration at the Port Wakefield Oval between 2pm and 5pm on Saturday, 21 January 2023. Come along and enjoy free food and drinks, family-friendly games and activities, and live entertainment. Please visit www.pw2pa.com.au for event updates or email us at enquiries@pw2pa.com.au with any questions.
Duplicated highway passes holiday test
Monday, 17 October 2022One of South Australia’s most notorious traffic bottlenecks has seen vastly improved flow, with weekend monitoring of vehicles using the $124.5 million overpass and newly duplicated Port Wakefield Highway showing what a difference the finished project will make.Drivers enjoyed smooth journeys over the recent Labour Day long...
Concrete girder installation supports new Port Augusta Shared Use Path
Thursday, 15 September 2022 Two of the largest precast, single-span prestressed concrete girders ever constructed in South Australia have been lifted into place in Port Augusta, as part of the $200 million Joy Baluch AM Bridge Duplication Project. The 36-metre long and 1.8-metre high girders, manufactured by South Australian business...
Traffic shift onto new bridge another milestone for the Port Wakefield Highway Duplication Project
Wednesday, 14 September 2022 Motorists travelling north from Port Wakefield can now drive over the new northbound section of the Wakefield River Bridge, in another milestone for the $124.5 million Port Wakefield Overpass and Highway Duplication Project. The traffic switch onto a north-bound lane of the new bridge, which was...
Community Bridge Walk
Please join us for a community celebration and walk across the new bridge between 10am and 2pm on Saturday, 14 May 2022. Be one of the first to walk over the new bridge before it opens to traffic. Come along and also enjoy a free sausage sizzle, family-friendly entertainment, children’s...
Shovels hit the ground on $260 million Augusta Highway Duplication Project
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 8 February Major works are officially underway on the one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in regional South Australia – the Augusta Highway Duplication Project. The $260 million project is jointly funded by the Australian and South Australian governments on an 80:20 basis. The works...
Crash corner no more as Port Wakefield Overpass solves bottleneck blues
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 21 December 2021 Holiday traffic delays and congestion headaches are edging closer to becoming a thing of the past with the completion of a crucial part of the Port Wakefield Overpass that opens to motorists tomorrow, marking a huge milestone in the $124.5 million project. Holidaymakers and...
Whyalla concrete company employs ten additional staff and engages local contractors to fulfill road upgrade contract
Whyalla Precast was contracted to cast, supply and deliver 21 precast concrete headstock shells for the Joy Baluch AM Bridge Duplication Project in Port Augusta. As a result of this contract, Whyalla Precast was able to employ an additional ten staff members, as well as engage a range of other...
Indigenous Artwork on the Move in Port Wakefield and Port Augusta
CPB Contractors commissioned a young Ngarrindjeri artist, Jordan Lovegrove, to create Indigenous artwork that represents CPB’s commitment to the Reconciliation Action Plan program. The artwork is depicting the relationship between CPB Contractors and its partners, clients and communities and has been used to wrap two PW2P) Alliance site vehicles –...